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February 2003, Vol 93, No. 2 | American Journal of Public Health 286-288
© 2003 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

The Health Status of Newly Arrived Refugee Children in Miami–Dade County, Florida

Pamela P. Entzel, MPH, Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc, Mary Jo Trepka, MD, MSPH and Dominick Squicciarini, MPH

Pamela P. Entzel, Lora E. Fleming, and Dominick Squicciarini are with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Fla. Mary Jo Trepka is with the Miami–Dade County Health Department, Miami, Fla.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1801 NW 9th Ave, Suite 200, Highland Park Bldg, Miami, FL 33136 (e-mail: lfleming@med.miami.edu).

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   INTRODUCTION
 
Compared with children born in the United States, refugee children from all countries have an increased risk of certain conditions that may involve significant morbidity and use of substantial health care resources, as well as of serious communicable diseases of public health concern.1–9 Studies of refugee children have found increased risks of hepatitis B,1,2,8,10 tuberculosis, 11–13 and intestinal parasitic infection.14–19

Refugee children may also have an elevated risk of lead poisoning.1,20 Leaded gasoline is used in developing countries,21,22 as is leaded pottery23 and folk medicines containing lead.21–27 Industries such as recycling of lead-containing car batteries may contribute to air and soil . . . [Full Text]


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